Equality mumbo-jumbo

In the hierarchy of everything

social to religious, political to domestic

I am always given the short shrift

ain’t I a woman, I am chided

I have no rights in the scheme of things

the advocates of equality

gloss over everyday inequalities

calling them minor blips

when I raise my voice, I am gently

but decisively reminded

disturbing the serene albeit

murky waters of status quo

will leave me sullied and muddied

but they don’t know

I have never shied from getting my hands dirty.